Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Life Has It's Seasons

That title reminds me of the song I thought for years was Simon and Garfunkle's, but it wasn't. It was the Byrds! A song full of so much wisdom. No wonder! The lyrics are from the Bible, by Solomon, inspired by God!

Ecclesiastes 3!

To every thing turn, turn, turnThere is a season, turn, turn, turnAnd a time to every purpose unto heaven

A time to be bornA time to dieA time to plant A time to reapA time to killA time to heatA time to laughA time to weep

To every thing turn, turn, turnThere is a season, turn, turn, turnAnd a time to every purpose unto heaven

A time to build upA time to tear downA time to danceA time to mournA time to cast away stonesA time gather stones together

To every thing, turn, turn, turnThere is a season, turn turn turnAnd a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of loveA time of hateA time of war A time of peaceA time in which you embraceA time to refrain from _____ embraces

To every thing, turn, turn, turnThere is a season, turn turn turnAnd a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gainA time to loseA time to rendA time to sewA time for loveA time for hateA time for peaceI swear its not too late

You can go to You Tube and hear them sing the song, just like I heard them in the 60's. It is just as relevant now as it was then.

You can also look up the passage from which this song comes, Ecclesiastes 3.

Unfortunately, Solomon was on a very negative bent that day, but the Lord allowed him to take his thinking to the end. On this particular day, Solomon based his opinion on only what he saw and though he believed in God, he did not make God his reference point, his north on his compass. What we see in this world is not all there is. In fact, Solomon refers to his belief that God will judge us all someday. Yet Solomon in life fluctuated between sensing God presence yet not understanding the immensity of God's love and that we, his children, are not outside of his mercy and grace.

In a sense we all go through this same cycle, sometimes we are certain of God's love yet at others we falter when we are faced with a trial. Sometimes we want to face these situations alone but we don't have to. We don't have to shut him out in the hard times. "God is a very present help, in time of trouble."

About Me

About me? I live in Carolina, Puerto Rico. I recently moved back to the island to the surprise of many people. I almost feel like a salmon swimming upstream against that huge current of people migrating to the mainland. About what I care about-- well I love my family, I love people, love beauty, especially in nature. In fact, that is why I started this blog to share things I liked with my family. I take tons of pictures. This blog includes many of the them, especially to document what I paint and where I travel.
Simply put, I am a person on a journey like all of us, hoping to make everyday better, hopeful to be kinder to others and to live out my faith in God. Psalm 19, embodies it. Enjoy my blog!
Creo que debo decir algo en español. Soy puertorriqueña, nacida en el Viejo San Juan y me fui a vivir a los Estados Unidos a los cinco años. Unos de mis mas atesorados recuerdos era de las aceras anchas del Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera y sus lindas plantas. Un jardin. Que curioso verdad? Amo a mi Puerto Rico y voy y vengo a menudo, lo suficiente para siempre poder guiar por sus calles, sus montes, pasear por sus playas, y mi querido Naranjito. Los quiero mucho!